Carlo Manieri (Italian, active 1662-1700)
Carlo Manieri (Italian, active 1662-1700)
Carlo Manieri
Italian, active 1662-1700
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Carlo Manieri was an Italian painter, active in Rome. He was a specialist still-life painter and is known for his still lifes of fruit and ostentatious still lifes depicting curtains, cushions, musical instruments, armor and other objects. His work formed a bridge between the archaic arrangements of Fioravanti and the new style of Christian Berentz.
Virtually nothing is known about Carlo Manieri. He is believed to have been originally from Taranto in southern Italy. His birth date must probably be placed in the late 1620s or the early 1630s as he already had two daughters in 1675 who were then referred to as 'spinsters'.
From the early 1660s he is recorded in Rome where he was admitted to the Congregazione dei Virtuosi at the Pantheon in 1662. The Congregazione consisted of eminent artists and sponsored art exhibits, presentations of poetry and literature, discussions, and visits to historic sites in Rome.
Manieri is recorded as living in the parish of San Lorenzo in Lucina until at least 1680.
It is not clear when he died but it must have been after 1700 when he was registered in the parish of Sant'Andrea del Fratte.